Country Music
It's never too early for happy hour in this “timely” tune by Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett.
“It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere”
This is a treatment involving the cleaning, trimming & polishing of fingernails.
a manicure
Published 1949, this dystopian novel by George Owell depicts a totalitarian state with heavy government surveillance.
1984
This holiday is observed on December 7th, one “which will live in infamy.”
Pearl Harbor Day
His first law of motion is the law of inertia.
Sir Isaac Newton
In his tongue-in-cheek song, “I Want My Mullet Back,” he laments the good old days.
Billy Ray Cyrus
Located near a coast, like some oil rigs.
offshore
This man was the host of the 1940 Oscars and went on to host it a total of 19 times.
Bob Hope
This holiday began in the Middle Ages when lords in Great Britain (England) gave gifts to their servants on Dec. 26.
Boxing Day
Term for a volcano that hasn't erupted in many, many years but still might.
dormant
This frontman of Hootie & the Blowfish went country with his solo album “Learn to Live.”
Darius Rucker
Not bad, not great, just sufficient, from Latin for “equal.”
mediocre
1942's issue No. 1 of this comic book shows the heroine leading U.S. troops.
Wonder Woman
This holiday is an annual celebration of African-American culture from December 26 to January 1, culminating in a communal feast called Karamu.
Kwanzaa
Bananas have a tiny amount of radioactivity due to this element, which can emit .01 millirems of radiation.
Potassium
Not to be confused with Lady Gaga, Lady this is a country music group with the CD “Need You Now”
Lady Antebellum
This emotion is mentioned 7 times in Shakespeare’s tragedy, “Othello.”
jealousy
This author, famous for their book “Atlas Shrugged," also penned The Fountainhead in 1943.
Ayn Rand
Celebrated Dec. 23, Festivus includes “the airing of ‘these’”– “I got a lot of problems with you people! Now, you're gonna hear about it”
Grievances
Separated by as much as 40,000 feet, stratocumulus & cirrocumulus are low & high types of this.
clouds
At age 16, Taylor Swift shot to fame with a 2006 hit named for this country superstar.
Tim McGraw
This word meaning “cultured” or “intellectual” originated from phrenology, the practice of measuring the bumps on the skull to predict mental traits.
highbrow
This 1940 Disney film won the Academy Awards for Best Original Song and Best Original Score.
Pinocchio
Constitution Day is September 17; this related set of rules is celebrated every December 15.
the Bill of Rights
Abbreviated T, a fundamental unit of magnetic induction, is named for this man.
Tesla